Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Today saw the Santa Malfalda, a Portuguese fishing vessel arrived, docking near another Portuguese fishing vessel the Coimbra, also arriving today the Ramform Viking, a research vessel.
The Maersk Nascopie departed for trials, the Oceanex Connaigra departed for Montreal, also in port was the Atlantic Explorer another research vessel, arrived the day before.

Thursday, October 22, 2015

The brand new ferry Veteran arrived in St. John's this pass weekend from a shipyard in Romania. The trip took a while, engine problems and bad weather delayed the arrival. The ship is rather a fine looking ship, her capacity is 200 passengers and 60 vehicles and is 80 meters long.

The Terry Fox is back home after a long trip to the North pole

The new Veteran

The new Veteran and old Beaumont Hamal. A very noticeable size difference, the Beaumont Hamal was built in 1985 and is 52 meters long